The heterogeneous relationship between board social ties and corporate environmental responsibility in an emerging economy

Firms in emerging economies are faced with multiple, incompatible institutional forces in their environmental activities. Which of these forces will be dominant and instantiated within an organization is partly determined by the social relationships that a firm maintains with external actors. This paper investigates the relationship between board social ties and the level of environmental responsibility undertaken by firms in China, an emerging economy, by categorizing board social ties into three types in terms of the three isomorphic forces in the institutional field (coercive, normative and mimetic). Drawing on institutional and agency theories, using a sample of listed firms in environmentally sensitive industries, and a generalized least squares regression method, the results provide empirical evidence that ties that are linked to coercive and normative forces (i.e., political organizations and universities) are related to a higher level of environmental responsibility; however, those that are linked to mimetic forces (i.e., industrial peers) have a negative association with environmental responsibility, which is mitigated by CEO power. These findings suggest that the heterogeneous effects of board social ties on environmental responsibilities experienced by firms in a context of environmentalism are at an early stage.     

关于旅游管理专业双语教学的实践与思考

以桂林旅游高等专科学校旅游管理专业专业课程《旅游企业人力资源管理》实施双语教学的实践为个案，分析了该专业实施双语教学所面临的困难，提出了加强双语教学实践的对策和建议。     

非对称信息条件下代建制的研究

由于代建项目一般工程量大、建设周期长、涉及的关系复杂、隐蔽性较强，很多质量问题在使用过程中逐渐暴露出来，而且在施工过程中项目代建单位比政府投资主管部门对工作及其环境更为了解，因此，政府投资主管部门和项目代建单位在信息占有方面不对称。在这种情况下，有些项目代建单位可能会利用自己的信息优势，通过损害政府投资主管部门的利益来最大化地提高自己的利益，如偷工减料、以次充好、无理索赔等等。在此，文章针对在这种非对称信息条件下如何完善代建制提出一些建议。     

新时期高校教师职业道德滑坡成因分析——以物流专业为例

近年来,高校教师职业道德滑坡现象明显,是什么导致了这种局面-文章指出:高校职业道德研究不深入,职业道德教育抓得不严,社会不良风气不断侵蚀,高校学生素质整体下滑,教师引进把关不严,考评机制不合理等是主要原因。     

公路建设中路线方案多属性决策方法的研究

路线方案的比选是公路建设项目前期的一项重要工作,直接影响着项目建设能否达到预期的目标以及项目投入运营中的使用效果,如行车的安全性、舒适性、快捷性等。进行路线方案比选时,要考虑路线的线形合理性、对周边地区环境影响,项目经济效益、施工难易等多种因素对影响。本文在分析路线方案比选复杂性的基础上,对多种决策方法进行对比,选择TOPSIS法作为路线方案的决策方法。算例的结果表明该方法应用的可行性和有效性。     

事件营销在邮政经营中的应用探讨

在日趋激烈的市场竞争中,巧妙地借助甚至制造一些能吸引媒体和社会公众注意的“新闻事件”,以提高企业知名度,促进产品或服务销售,往往能收到意想不到的效果。这种营销方式被称为“事件营销”。邮政作为社会公用性企业,其服务对象遍布社会各阶层,与公众生活联系密切,而且邮政服     

生态环境的恶化与乡村社会控制--以清代徽州的棚民活动为中心

从明后期开始进入徽州地区的外地棚民，利用当地丰富的自然资源，进行各种经济活动。在当时的社会条件制约下，此类经济活动耗费了大量的资源，破坏了徽州农村的生态环境，损害了地方和国家的利益。针对这一问题，清代徽州乡村社会各种民间力量和官方联合展开了一场声势浩大的驱禁棚民运动，取得了预期效果。     

哲学、科学和未来的断想

在现代人类社会中，人们都已经切身地感受到：现代文明无论在哪个方面都难于与科学相分离，人类的物质基础和精神大厦皆渗透着科学的因子。科学为现代人类社会创造出了令人惊羡的景观，为此人类也毫不怀疑地认为：未来必定是科学的世界，科学也决定着人类的存亡。     

注册会计师诚信征信系统的框架设计

诚信是注册会计师行业的生存基础。但近年来,国内外一系列财务报告舞弊案使注册会计师行业面临着前所未有的“诚信危机”。理论界、实务界和监管层为此提出各种改进措施,如果将诚信档案建立在现代信息技术基础上并将其功能系统化,就可构建出注册会计师诚信征信系统,使注册会计师的诚信状况处于实时动态监控之中。征信系统是收集个人或企业的信用和其他信息,经过整理与分析之后,以信用报告、查询结果等形式提供给有关各方,以控制授信人风险和惩戒失信行为的一种信息系统,同时也是一种敦促个人和企业诚实守信的社会经济机制。注册会计师诚信征…     

An investigation of transformation-based prediction interval for the Weibull median life

Statistical inference based on the Weibull distribution, a distribution widely used in reliability and survival analysis, is usually difficult as it often involves numerical computation and approximation. However, this distribution can be transformed to near-normality by a simple power transformation. Based on this transformation, a prediction interval (PI) for its median can be easily constructed through an inverse transformation. The procedure for selecting the best power transformation through minimizing Kullback-Leibler information is described. The property of this transformation-based PI is investigated. Simple correction factors are also proposed. It is shown that the transformation-based PI with corrections performs well, irrespective of the sample size and parameter values. Simulation results show that the new PI generally outperforms the existing PI. Numerical examples are given for illustration.